Children's Week (April 29th - May 5th) Guide

Children's Week is a week in which we brave a challenge greater than any undead monstrosity and a task more daunting than saving the world. We must become parents for all those orphans throughout Azeroth and make sure they are happy. We can't tank a child's fears, we can't heal its memories of pain, nor can we DPS the sorrow out of them. So equip your toys, make a mage conjure a candy table, fill your quiver with joy, load your gun with something colorful, and venture into the World of Parenting!

Children's Week begins on April 29th at 12:01 AM (server) and ends on May 5th at 12:00 AM.

Due to the advent of Cataclysm, Children's Week was changed last year to have two new pets and redone locations for the initial tier of quests. It's also worth noting that in Mists of Pandaria, pets will be accountwide! This means you should get extra pets on your alts that you do not have so you can trade them to your main when the expansion hits.

If you already have all the pets, be sure to pick up Magical Pet Biscuit--the reward for repeating the holiday, even if you can't get any pets!

Companion Pets

The quest chains listed in this guide reward the following companion pets. You can get one pet from each chain per year. If you already have all the pets, you can get Magical Pet Biscuit from completing the quests.

Horde Quests

There are two orphans that Horde players can adopt during Children's Week, each with different quests. You can adopt both orphans (at the same time, even) and complete both quest chains and obtain two cute pets per year!

Once you have completed this quest, three new quests become available from your orphan:

Ridin' the RocketwayFor this quest, bring your orphan to the Secret Lab in Azshara. He wants to ride an experimental rocket that's found at the Southern end of the Rocketway and blast off!

The Banshee QueenFor this quest, bring your orphan to the Royal Quarter of Undercity to meet Lady Sylvanas. He's always dreamed of meeting such an influential Horde figure.

The Fallen ChieftainFor this quest, bring your orphan to Red Rocks in Northeastern mountain range of Mulgore. He wants to pay tribute to the now deceased Cairne Bloodhoof by visiting his funeral pyre.

Upon completion of all three of these quests, two new quests will become available:

You Scream, I Scream...For this quest, your orphan wants to try a new type of ice cream! All you have to do is head to the Drag in Orgrimmar where you'll find a crazy goblin mage has set up a shop called Cone of Cold that sells Cone of Cold. Buy the frosty treat and share it with your orphan to receive credit.

Or, if you hate pets, you can opt to select the Curmudgeon's Payoff, which contains a measly . You will have the option to complete this quest again next year, so you can eventually collect all of the pets!

Time to Visit the CavernsFor this quest, take your orphan out to the Caverns of Time and bring her up to the platform where Zaladormu lies. On your way out, purchase a Toy Dragon from Alurmi, the Keepers of Time Quartermaster, to complete this quest.

Finally, you will be given a quest to return the orphan whistle to the Matron:

You will have the option to complete this quest again next year, so you can eventually collect all of the pets!

Alliance Quests

There are two orphans that Alliance players can adopt during Children's Week, each with different quests. You can adopt both orphans (at the same time, even) and complete both quest chains and obtain two cute pets per year!

The Biggest Diamond Ever!For this quest, bring your orphan to Hall of Thanes in Ironforge. This is the newly opened gate to Old Ironforge and your orphan would like to explore it to pay tribute to the deceased King Magni Bronzebeard.

Upon completion of all three of these quests, two new quests will become available:

You Scream, I Scream...For this quest, your orphan wants to try a new type of ice cream! All you have to do is head to the Blue Recluse in the Mage Quarter of Stormwind City where you'll find a mage has set up a shop called Cone of Cold that sells Cone of Cold. Buy the frosty treat and share it with your orphan to receive credit.

Or, if you hate pets, you can opt to select the Curmudgeon's Payoff, which contains a measly . You will have the option to complete this quest again next year, so you can eventually collect all of the pets!

Time to Visit the CavernsFor this quest, take your orphan out to the Caverns of Time and bring her up to the platform where Zaladormu lies. On your way out, purchase a Toy Dragon from Alurmi, the Keepers of Time Quartermaster, to complete this quest.

Finally, you will be given a quest to return the orphan whistle to the Matron:

You will have the option to complete this quest again next year, so you can eventually collect all of the pets!

Neutral Quests

If this is your first year doing the Northrend Children's Week quests, you can choose to sponsor either of these two unfortunate orphans by talking to Orphan Matron Aria in Dalaran. You can only pick one or the other orphan to adopt, so choose wisely as you will have to wait until next year to obtain the other pet!

Achievements

For the ChildrenThis achievement can be found in the main World Events achievement category and is awarded upon completion of every one of the Children's Week achievements exceptVeteran Nanny. This achievement awards the player title 'Matron' or 'Patron' (depending on character gender) and is a requirement towards completion of (Alliance version) which rewards the beautiful Reins of the Violet Proto-Drake.

Aw, Isn't It Cute?For this achievement, simply complete one of the Orphan quest chains (as detailed above) and obtain a cute pet! Any pet will count towards this achievement, and you may already have it if you've completed Children's Week quest chain in the past.

Bad ExampleFor this achievement, you must eat each of the delicious (and unhealthy) foods listed while your orphan is out:

Daily ChoresFor this achievement, simply complete any five daily quests while your orphan is out. You do not have to have an Orphan while actually doing the quests; you can instead opt to simply summon your ward before turning a quest in.

Veteran NannyFor this achievement, you must obtain all three of the Shattrath City non-combat pets on one character. This achievement is not required for the meta achievement For the Children, thankfully, as it takes three years of Children's Week questing to complete.

Comments

Comment by Voltt

on 2012/04/28 21:58:03

Battlegrounds and a dungeon seem like dangerous places to bring a small child...

Comment by DeadlyElixir

on 2012/04/28 22:42:34

"It's also worth noting that in Mists of Pandaria, pets will be accountwide! This means you should get extra pets on your alts that you do not have so you can trade them to your main when the expansion hits."

..... holy crap.This will be my first children's week officially because of issues over the past making me always missing it...I am a pet collect and love the fact pets are going account wide. I've cried over the thought I have will have to do this holiday for another 3 years.

That statement just made me see HOPE, I CAN GET ALL OF THEM THIS YEAR AND COME MOP I WILL NEVER HAVE TO DO THEM AGAIN.

THANK YOU WOWHEAD AND THANK YOU MoP!

Comment by Adamsm

on 2012/04/29 00:31:11

HOPE, I CAN GET ALL OF THEM THIS YEAR AND COME MOP I WILL NEVER HAVE TO DO THEM AGAIN.

Comment by Nishtai

on 2012/04/29 01:46:37

When we're talking about "Account wide" pets, are they server wide or just shared between characters on one (1) server like the heirlooms are now? If they're like the Heirlooms now its useless for me since i just migrated my main to another realm :(

Comment by Aislinge

on 2012/04/29 03:04:00

For those dreading the PvP aspect, don't worry!

Have your orphan out and let people know that you need the achievement.

You'll find that *most* people, on both sides, will be happy to accommodate you with flag caps swaps etc :)

Good luck!

Comment by mblackwl

on 2012/04/29 03:15:21

I just checked in Dalaran, and I am happy to report that they have reset the Dalaran children's week quests this year, so you can now get the other pet if you only have one!

(It was last year it was bugged, wasnt it? Where you couldnt do it for the second pet if you had done it the previous year? Anyway, it's available again now)

Unfortunately, if you've done both (as I have) already, you cannot do the quest chains again for the meagre rewards/pet biscuits (like Shattrath and Stormwind/Orgrimmar)

This sounds like a YMMV situation. I was able to redo the Oracle quest this year after having both the Oracle and Wolvar pets in my possession and got the biscuits as a reward.

Comment by Neko7

on 2012/04/29 04:00:46

When we're talking about "Account wide" pets, are they server wide or just shared between characters on one (1) server like the heirlooms are now? If they're like the Heirlooms now its useless for me since i just migrated my main to another realm :(

Since in Mists of Pandaria none-combat (cosmetic) pets are anonce to be trainable for pet-arena fight ("gotta catch them all, gotta catch them alllll Pok..WOWNoneCombatPets!") .and tradable with other players, so no, they wont be like Heirlooms.

Comment by jawabait

on 2012/04/29 04:02:12

Ugh I am dreading the PVP ones so much. It's not so much that I mind PVP, I do it quite often, but fighting other Hordies in order to get to flags first or whatnot is going to be a huge PITA.

Comment by Neko7

on 2012/04/29 04:03:23

Did anyone check all the Cataclyms area to see if they have not add a surprise Children-Week Matron somewhere else ?(for the alliance the Wildhammer Twillight-highland villages would be a logical place for some orphan house)

Comment by Muljax

on 2012/04/29 04:28:19

Yarrr missed out last year no i can get back on track getting the last 2 pets great guide thanks.

Comment by Alfa

on 2012/04/29 06:29:29

So I must have missed the blue text announcing account-wide pets, so i assume the above gold text statement means pets will be account bound and not shared between alts? Makes a difference if we need to get pets on our alts but not actually use/'learn' them until MoP when we can trans to our alt/main. Also hoping this is legit and not speculation like account-wide titles seems to have been so far..

This is legit, it's not speculation whatsoever. You can do it on the beta now. You learn the pet, but you basically get a cage and can transfer pets to other characters that way.

Actually. no. You just learn them, and they are shared amongst your characters**. The whole pet cage is basically to sell rare ones.

*source* transferred two toons, both had all the companions i had.

Comment by Seethe

on 2012/04/29 07:02:49

For those dreading the PvP aspect, don't worry!

Have your orphan out and let people know that you need the achievement.

You'll find that *most* people, on both sides, will be happy to accommodate you with flag caps swaps etc :)

Good luck!

Gosh how I envy people where "most" players are willing to help out. All I've gotten so far is a bunch of really, really, -really- rude name calling and griefers.

Comment by Hoochie

on 2012/04/29 07:14:01

thanks, nice guide as always.

Comment by leetnoam

on 2012/04/29 07:39:39

The holiday pets aren't BoE like the other ones? I was planning on getting them all on alts then trading them to my main.

Don't worry about that. Just make sure a character has it and when MoP comes around, all your characters will have it.

Good idea!

I have been really kicking myself for never bothering with Children's week before ahcis came in and then not doing it straight away and forgetting about it in later years... Only now got 1 pet for veteran nanny T_T

Thanks for suggesitng that - gonna get them all on my alts now :D!

Comment by IcyFrozen

on 2012/04/29 07:56:46

So I must have missed the blue text announcing account-wide pets, so i assume the above gold text statement means pets will be account bound and not shared between alts? Makes a difference if we need to get pets on our alts but not actually use/'learn' them until MoP when we can trans to our alt/main. Also hoping this is legit and not speculation like account-wide titles seems to have been so far..

This is legit, it's not speculation whatsoever. You can do it on the beta now. You learn the pet, but you basically get a cage and can transfer pets to other characters that way.

Awesome thanks for the confirmation!

Comment by Haylyn

on 2012/04/29 08:21:21

just a little dissapointed the pets are BoP instead of BoE, was hoping to collect all the pets in one year for my main using all my alts lol. oh well gonna get the other ones for my other toons and hopefully they will all transfer to the alts in MoP, so long as they give us back our companions...last patch in beta made all our companions run away =( I don't think they want to pet battle.

Comment by Varicelle

on 2012/04/29 08:21:48

Just did the Dalaran Orphan quest for the Wolvar, no pet reward. Two years straight this quest has been broken, it's getting rather old.

Going to send in a ticket, if they can't give me the pet I'm going to be very unhappy.

I was going to reply but surely you've checked your mail at one point since last year so err ... yeah. Good luck to ya.